Mississippi teen accused of killing elderly couple had worked for them before shooting: family

A teen successful Mississippi knew the aged mates he's accused of sidesplitting earlier sparking a standoff with instrumentality enforcement, according to caller grounds successful court.

Cordarius Hobbs, 17, is charged with sidesplitting 74-year-old Billy Blair and his 71-year-old woman Virginia Carol Blair during a location break-in connected June 3 successful Mendenhall, Mississippi. Family members of Hobbs testified during the Thursday preliminary proceeding that helium knew the couple.

Family members testified that Hobbs did enactment for the Blairs for things similar cleaning astir the location earlier the alleged shooting, according to WAPT. Billy Newsome, Hobbs’ grandfather, said helium believes his grandson was called to enactment connected the time of the alleged shooting but believes he's innocent.

"My grandson utilized to enactment for the man, wherefore you gone rob a antheral that you enactment for," Newsome said. "Why you gone enactment determination that agelong and you cognize the constabulary retired there, and past you gone hold until everybody gets determination to run, it conscionable ain’t adding up, thing conscionable ain’t close here."

MISSISSIPPI TEEN ALLEGEDLY KILLED ELDERLY COUPLE IN THEIR HOME BEFORE FIRING ON DEPUTIES IN STANDOFF

Billy Blair and Virginia Blair were killed connected June 3. (Family Handout)

On June 3, 3 contractors installing a generator astatine the Blairs' location discovered Carol Blair's car doorway unfastened with respective guns connected the seats astir 10 a.m., prompting them to telephone the Simpson County Sheriff's Department for a payment cheque astatine 11:30 a.m, according to a Mississippi Bureau of Investigation investigator.

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By noon, the researcher said that officers arrived and were met with shots fired astatine them, starting a astir two-hour-long standoff. Hobbs was captured aft trying to tally distant from officers, the authoritative said, adding that the teen was unarmed erstwhile helium was caught.

Carol Blair was recovered successful a chamber curled successful the fetal presumption and had 3 gunshots to the backmost of her head. Bill Blair was recovered lying connected his backmost successful the room with 3 gunshot wounds to his face.

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Cordarius Hobbs faces execution charges successful summation to respective much felonies. (Rankin County Jail)

The authorities researcher said 3 firearms were recovered wrong the location arsenic good arsenic 280 ammunition casings, each owned by Bill Blair.

Hobbs' defence attorney, Zachary Vaugh, argued that there's a deficiency of nonstop forensic grounds connecting the teen to the shooting.

"There was thing to accidental he’s a principal, he’s the 1 that pulled the trigger connected these things," Vaugh said. "One of the things unsocial was, 1 of the victims was changeable doubly connected 1 broadside of the caput and erstwhile connected the other. I deliberation that’s beauteous compelling that idiosyncratic other whitethorn person been successful there. There’s a batch of things that are possible, conscionable a tremendous magnitude of things."

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"When you person an serviceman accidental there’s nary 1 that tin place him astatine the clip of the shooting, I conscionable don’t spot however that adds up," helium said.

Hobbs is charged with 2 counts of superior execution and 1 number of burglary, successful summation to 10 different charges. He was denied bond.

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Cordarius Hobbs allegedly killed some Billy Blair and Virginia Blair. (Rankin County Jail)

In a connection connected Facebook, the couple's household antecedently said, "We are crushed successful spirit, bruised, and brokenhearted, but we are not alone."

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Jason Busby, who was friends with the couple, remembered them arsenic being highly selfless erstwhile speaking with WLBT.

"The antheral would’ve fixed you the garment disconnected his back, his woman is the same, and they’re conscionable large people. It’s conscionable a tragedy," Busby said. "Everybody astir present is inactive successful shock. They were conscionable bully people."